Giving kids the business : the commercialization of America's schools
This book explains why hot-button proposals like Channel One; for-profit public schools run by the Edison Project and Education Alternatives, Inc.; taxpayer-financed vouchers for private schools; and the relentless interference of corporations in the curriculum spell trouble for America's future.
xii, 223 p ; 24 cm.
9780813391397, 0813391393
1166685507
Marching As If to War -- And Now a Word from Our Sponsor -- High-Tech Hucksters Go to School -- Schools for Profit: Follow the Yellow Brick Road -- Private School Vouchers: A False Choice -- Charter Schools: The Smiling Face of Disinvestment -- What the Market Can't Provide -- Appendix